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Indonesia, Islam, and Democracy: Dynamics in a Global Context. By Azyumardi Azra. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing, 2006. Softcover: 242pp.
Even before its foundation, Indonesia struggled to balance the demands of nationalism and Islam. The famous seven words of the Jakarta Charter obliging citizens to follow shariah law were removed in the preamble's final draft, but President Soekarno later devised the Pancasila (five principles of state) as an explicit compromise between the secular and religious philosophies of the state. Azyumardi Azra's Indonesia, Islam, and Democracy: Dynamics in a Global Context, part of a commendable effort to bring the work of prominent Indonesian intellectuals like Azyumardi to an international audience, shows how the struggle continues as Indonesia returns to democracy in the twenty-first century.
A collection of Azyumardi's papers from the last decade, Indonesia, Islam, and Democracy explores how the re-flowering of cultural and political Islam...
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